Story+1998-03-02+Pittsburgh,+PA

´´We´d like to bring up a young man right now, ladies and gentlemen, who makes his home right here in Pittsburg and I do mean a young man....you´ve heard of Joe Grushecky, give a warm welcome to Johnny ´Big Beat´ Grushecky....´´
 * 02.03.98 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Talking to the King´**

´´Johnny ´Big Beat´ Grushecky right there on the drums.....(?)....(?) those child labor laws ....´´
 * 02.03.98 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´What Did You Do In The War ?´**

´´(Joe Grushecky: ´Hey, uh, did we mention we have Bruce Springsteen with us tonight ?´) (cheers) Nice to be in Pittsburg !....(Joe: ´He was just driving through and he decided to stop´) I was, uh, planning on coming out this way too.....(Joe: ´Send this out to my brother John´)....´´
 * 02.03.98 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Homestead´**

´´(Joe: ´I´ll send this out to (?)...my girls....hey, how about Johnny ? (cheers)´) He´s got a fine career in front of him....´´
 * 02.03.98 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Labor of Love´**

´´(Joe: ´Now, here´s to you, thanks for coming out tonight, we appreciate it (crowd starts chanting ´Joey´) no, no, I gotta cut this short, I gotta go to work tomorrow´)....I gotta drive eight fucking hours back to New Jersey tonight !....´´
 * 02.03.98 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Idiot´s Delight´**

´´Wait a minute now, boys.....I´m gonna say something and after I say something, I wanna hear a ´woo !´....are you ready ? (crowd: ´Woo !´) I´m driving 100 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 200 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 300 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 400 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 500 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 600 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 700 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 800 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 900 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 1,000 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) 2,000 miles (crowd: ´Woo !´) eight fucking hours (crowd: ´Woo !´) back to New Jersey (crowd: ´Woo !´) I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo.....´´
 * 02.03.98 Pittsburgh, PA, middle of ´Light of Day´**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//